On November, 15th , in Brazil, we celebrate the Republic Declaration, and this day is holiday. So, we had a longer weekend from November 14th to 17th . There was an adventure competition called Ecocerrado 2002 in Goiás city. The best new, is that there is a confluence S16ºW50º near.

Some members of our Trekking Group have interest in this competition (as athletes, or part of the organization of the event). They went to Goiás city early, on 14th at night, trough paved roads. The other members of the Trekking Group went on 15th in the morning, but trough unpaved roads, in an authentic off-road trip.

Goiás City, more commonly known as Old Goiás, is the former capital of the state of Goiás. The architecture comes from Century XVIII is well preserved. It is a beautiful region, waterfalls and city, with lots of restaurants and pubs, with typical foods.

After the end of competition, we went to seek the confluence. We had an agreement to look for the confluence, together. But the first team made a joke with us. When we arrived at the confluence, there was a message saying "The confluence is here! Just put the mark. Congratulations for the second visit. Signed: Us."

It was very ease to find this confluence. It is near a paved road, an there is an unpaved road that bring us near it (650m). The confluence is inside a pasture.

So, another confluence was hunted. There are a lot of confluences to be hunted, and fortunately, they might be much more difficult to be reached.
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